The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule (LCRI), a long-overdue measure that makes significant changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act rule aimed at reducing lead contamination of drinking water. This new rule requires the proactive replacement of most lead service lines nationwide within the next 10 years, improves sampling methods to more accurately measure lead levels, and lowers the “lead action level,” which will force more water systems to take immediate action to address lead contamination. The new rule also requires water systems to provide consumers with filters when high lead levels are repeatedly detected.
